| Redisplay Messages: Compact | Brief | All | Full Show Messages: All | Without Replies| Author: | TheBrickGuys  | | Posted: | Mar 7, 2019 21:22 | | Subject: | Re: How should i name this set? | | Viewed: | 39 times | | Topic: | Catalog | |
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| In Catalog, popsicle writes:
| | In Catalog, GoudvanOud writes:
| | How should I name this set?
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What’s in a name? That which we call a combo set, by any other name would sell
as sweet!
Sorry, couldn't help it. Had no TV in my apartment when I was young. So it
was come home from work, run the boardwalk, shower, dress, walk to the deli for
takeout and walk across the street to Balboa theater to eat. But the hiccup was
that the theater played Zeffirelli's Romeo and Juliet for nearly a year straight
before switching movies. To be honest, I didn't mind as a romantic young
idealist. Cried like a baby  
I think I still know most lines of that Shakespeare play
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That's cool, I like stories about life like that.
Years ago when me and a friend rented a house, for entertainment all we had was
a VCR but no TV so we had hook it into my computer screen to use it. When it
came to movies our choices were limited to a wide variety of one movie, 'What
About Bob' starring Richard Dreyfuss and Bill Murray.
We watched that movie soooo many times that we became really good at memorizing
all the lines and we would play a game where one would say a line or just a word
or two and the other one would guess where in the movie the line or word came
from. We played that game for years after that.
The simplest things in life can create some of the best memories.
Jim
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| Author: | TheBrickGuys | | Posted: | Nov 28, 2018 12:55 | | Subject: | Re: Decorated vs. Pattern | | Viewed: | 33 times | | Topic: | Catalog | |
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| In Catalog, StormChaser writes:
| | In Catalog, mhortar writes:
| | I'm not sure that 'Pattern' actually fits.
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The word "design" means "decorative pattern."
If we wanted to be truly accurate and consistent, then every single part title
would have one of the eight following identifiers:
Plain
Printed Design
Stickered Design
Printed/Stickered Design
Molded Design
Molded/Printed Design
Molded/Stickered Design
Molded/Stickered/Printed Design (pretty sure there are none of those)
Have I missed any? Maybe when/if we get tags we can do this. I think it would
be helpful.
But it sounds like "Decorated" is the preferred term so far from all three commentors.
I still think it's quite strange that part categories are the only place
we use that word, but this ain't a one-man show.
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Now that you bought up the subject of stickers.... Is there a possibility of
adding sub categories for each type of patterned part so as to separate printed
parts from applied sticker parts? So that whenever there are stickers applied
by the end user on parts verses patterns applied directly by Lego on the same
type of part then there would be a sub category for the sticker applied parts
to keep them seperate.
This would be extremely helpful for adding used inventory into our stores. A
good example would be printed tiles verses sticker applied tiles. If you know
that a part you are trying to add to your inventor is a Lego printed tile then
it would be so much easier to find it in the catalog if the stickered tiles were
in a separate sub category of the printed tiles.
I know it would be a lot of work but it sure would be nice.
Jim
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| Author: | TheBrickGuys | | Posted: | Nov 21, 2018 11:23 | | Subject: | Re: Projectile Launcher | | Viewed: | 35 times | | Topic: | Catalog | |
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| In Catalog, calsbricks writes:
| | In Catalog, StormChaser writes:
| | In Catalog, calsbricks writes:
| | Change for the sake of change is often followed by complaints - it rarely serves
any real purpose. Agreed changes often come with compliments and welcoming. There
is a difference.
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That's a reasonable assessment. However, I'm fairly confident that the
changes I've made or coordinated in the catalog so far were all improvements.
Still, I've gotten a number of complaints about nearly all of them.
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How does that go - you can please some of the people all of the time but not
all of the people all of the time
NB - We haven't had reason yet to complain other than taking up the entire
forum with catalogue and inventory change requests ....
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There are certain ones that talk allot about the changes needed yet they disagree
with just about EVERY change made. Hmmmm, makes you wonder.....
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| Author: | TheBrickGuys | | Posted: | Nov 1, 2018 00:39 | | Subject: | Re: Catalog Project Request "Bar" vs. "Weapon" | | Viewed: | 38 times | | Topic: | Catalog | |
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| | | As far as I can see this part is not a weapon, and I can't find it even once
used as a hollow hammer. It only appears in brick-built weapons where it features
alongside parts that also are not classified as weapons, such as barbs and chains.
Unlike the lightsaber, which really is a weapon the way it is, this part
is not a weapon.
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To me it doesn't really matter which classification is used (bar or weapon)
just so long as both are in it. They share the same characteristics so it would
make sense to have them together in the same category.
Jim.
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| Author: | TheBrickGuys | | Posted: | Oct 31, 2018 20:49 | | Subject: | Re: Second Catalog Project Underway | | Viewed: | 26 times | | Topic: | Catalog | |
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| WOW, Lego actually made an ashtray? Who woulda thunk.
Jim
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| Author: | TheBrickGuys | | Posted: | Sep 28, 2018 22:17 | | Subject: | Help identifying part. | | Viewed: | 124 times | | Topic: | Catalog | | Status: | Open | |
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| I can not for the life of me figure out what this is or where in the catalog
it exists.
Any ideas?
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| Author: | TheBrickGuys | | Posted: | Sep 11, 2018 16:49 | | Subject: | Re: Request official BrickLink app | | Viewed: | 62 times | | Topic: | Suggestions | |
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| In Suggestions, Brickwilbo writes:
| | In Suggestions, KaanDurak writes:
| | Hi ,
I use my phone alot and I also use Bricklink alot , but the site on phone isn't
that great , so please. Bricklink create a phone app of Bricklink , it would
be easier for phone users.
I hope the staff will see this and an official bricklink app will be created.
Thanks for reading
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It's in development https://www.bricklink.com/message.asp?ID=1094209
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wow, that post was 5 years old so it is still a work in progress??
jim
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| Author: | TheBrickGuys | | Posted: | Jul 9, 2018 19:58 | | Subject: | Re: P.I.X.A.L. Name Capitalisation/Punctuation | | Viewed: | 37 times | | Topic: | Catalog | |
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| In Catalog, todeluca writes:
| | In Catalog, TheBrickGuys writes:
| | If I were doing a search for her I would use the spelling on the box - it is
the quickest and the most simple. Plus, the bio you mentioned is not very easy
to find so most people are only going to know the minifigure as just plain Pixal.
As for a compelling reason not to change it to P.I.X.A.L.? If you do a search
on Lego.com for P.I.X.A.L. you don't even get get any relevant search results
related to her or Ninjago but if you do a search for just plain Pixal then you
get search results that apply.
Jim
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As shown in the images above (the second two), a search for “Pixal” yields “P.I.X.A.L.”,
so there would not be any problem for those who search with the non-punctuated
spelling.
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If Lego.com refers to her as Pixal on their website and on the set box and in
the set's description then I agree with BL not to change it. The punctuated
form of Pixal is only used by Lego.com in the bio you referred to which is not
even easy to find.
I understand your point and agree with it when looked at from more of a purist
point of view but not even Lego.com deems it important to refer to her using
the punctuated form of her name so again I think BL made the right decision.
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| Author: | TheBrickGuys | | Posted: | Jul 9, 2018 18:50 | | Subject: | Re: P.I.X.A.L. Name Capitalisation/Punctuation | | Viewed: | 36 times | | Topic: | Catalog | |
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| In Catalog, todeluca writes:
| | I have submitted changes to Minifig (njo086), wherein I have added the proper
capitalisation and punctuation to P.I.X.A.L.’s name - all of which have been
rejected.
While I understand that the name on the box is “Pixal”, her official bio
on the Ninjago section of LEGO.com has her name as “P.I.X.A.L.” (See images).
Additionally, searches for “Pixal”/“PIXAL” yield both her standard (“Pixal”)
and Samurai X variants (the latter of which has the proper capitalisation/punctuation)
- (See images). Thus, changing the capitalisation/punctuation of (njo086) causes
no search problems, is correct, is accurate to LEGO’s own character bio, and
is consistent with the names of the character’s other variants.
From my perspective, the only reason to retain the current spelling of
(njo086), is because this is what was on the box. If there is some other, possibly
more compelling, reason to retain the current spelling, please let me know.
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If I were doing a search for her I would use the spelling on the box - it is
the quickest and the most simple. Plus, the bio you mentioned is not very easy
to find so most people are only going to know the minifigure as just plain Pixal.
As for a compelling reason not to change it to P.I.X.A.L.? If you do a search
on Lego.com for P.I.X.A.L. you don't even get get any relevant search results
related to her or Ninjago but if you do a search for just plain Pixal then you
get search results that apply.
Jim
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| Author: | TheBrickGuys | | Posted: | Apr 10, 2018 13:46 | | Subject: | Re: Price guide rant | | Viewed: | 53 times | | Topic: | Suggestions | |
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| In Suggestions, LaineeP writes:
| | I know that this has probably been beat to death, but I have a suggestion. I,
as well as others I'm sure, have complained about the average prices that
are grossly inflated due to very high priced parts. On the used side of the guide
it seems it is always the same 2 stores (ex $39.95 for a $0.20 piece).
Why can't we do what they do in some sporting events - throw out the lowest
and highest and then average. I'm sure there is a way to do this.
Lainee
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What do people use the average of the "Current items for sale" info for? I would
think that the 6 month sales average info is much more important. It has been
brought up here many times and I don't understand why people don't use
the 6 month sales average instead?
I am asking this not to be snarky in any way, I am just wondering if maybe I
am not seeing the importance of that information and thus missing out on the
use of it.
Jim
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